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The story of JANUARY and May now before us , is of the comic kind , and the character of a fond old dotard betrayed into disgrace by an unsuitable match , is supported in a lively manner . Pope has endeavoured , suitably to familiarize ...
The story of JANUARY and May now before us , is of the comic kind , and the character of a fond old dotard betrayed into disgrace by an unsuitable match , is supported in a lively manner . Pope has endeavoured , suitably to familiarize ...
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Pacius de viris illustribys , Florentiæ , 1745 . cularly B 3 cularly in Hans Carvel , the invention of which , AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 5 liness of our heroic measure, in this ...
Pacius de viris illustribys , Florentiæ , 1745 . cularly B 3 cularly in Hans Carvel , the invention of which , AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 5 liness of our heroic measure, in this ...
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THE WIFE OF BATH , is the other piece of Chaucer which Pope selected to imitate : One cannot but wonder at his choice , which perhaps nothing but his youth could excuse . Dryden , who is known not to be nicely scrupulous , informs us ...
THE WIFE OF BATH , is the other piece of Chaucer which Pope selected to imitate : One cannot but wonder at his choice , which perhaps nothing but his youth could excuse . Dryden , who is known not to be nicely scrupulous , informs us ...
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